Some individuals submitted to spine surgery will have unfavorable postoperative outcomes, regardless of the success of the technical procedure. This failure leads to an increase in morbidity and socioeconomic costs. Also, it is known that psychosocial factors influence the subject's impression. In order to identify these factors, the search for prognostic predictors through screening instruments has been stimulated. However, selecting the most appropriate one may be difficult, as a large number of questionnaires already exist. The aspects addressed by these questionnaires include: functional incapacity, quality of life, satisfaction, pain, depression, mood swings and functional activity. This work reviews the special characteristics, indications and limitations of the instruments used to evaluate patients with spine disease.
Questionnaires; Vertebral spine; Patient selection; Preoperative period; Postoperative period